Excitement!

     Right now, my joy is pretty darn full. I don't really know how it could get much more full than it is right now. This week, my cousin surprised our family by announcing that he had received his mission call. I was able to go and be there with him when he opened it. He is going to the Mexico Tampico mission, so not quite Honduras, but close. I think I was almost more excited for him to get his call than I was to get mine (almost, but not quite).
     When I was driving back to my dorm with another cousin and his wife, we were talking about how many missionaries our family has and will have within the next few years. We realized that at one point, we could have up to about six missionaries out from our family, depending on when various people leave and come home. I love my family so much, and it is amazing that we have this opportunity to share the message that has brought us so close together, and has brought us so much joy with the people in many far away lands and languages. In March, we will have one in Fiji, one in Honduras, and one on his way to Mexico! I was thinking about this seeming paradox today during church - our family will be spread farther apart than we probably ever have, but yet I have a feeling that this experience will just bring us closer together.
     On the subject of many languages, in my Elder's Quorum and Missionary Preparation classes today, we read a scripture that I have heard before, but that takes on new meaning as I become a part of it. Doctrine and Covenants 90:11 says "For it shall come to pass in that day, that every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language through those who are ordained unto this power, by the administration of the Comforter, shed forth upon them for the revelation of Jesus Christ."
     Soon, I will be one of those ordained to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to another people, in their own language. I cannot wait for my opportunity to serve the Lord, and to bring the peace and love that has filled and guided my life to the people of Honduras. I am so excited for my mission, and for the missions of my cousins. Our family is just a little unit in the Army of the Lord, but with love and His help, we will have many victories for Him.